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ABC Brings Back Kaplan
To Lead Coverage of Iraq

ABC is hiring back Rick Kaplan, a high-profile and experienced figure in television news, for the next three months to oversee part of its coverage of the likely war in Iraq.

A former president of CNN U.S. and a former ABC producer, Mr. Kaplan will oversee "special events" -- which in this case means coverage relating to the war -- and report to ABC News President David Westin. He had made his original, flamboyant reputation at ABC, where he worked from 1979 until 1997, producing "World News Tonight" and...